New Linux worm crawls the web

New Linux worm crawls the web
Kelly Martin, 2005-11-07

New Linux worm crawls the web 2005-11-08
Anonymous (3 replies)

Why is this a Linux worm, and not a PHP exploit?...

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Re: New Linux worm crawls the web 2005-11-08
Anonymous

What? Avoid a buzz-word? Any excuse to point fingers at Linux can't be lost, since security issues are so rare. While Windows vulnerabilities are actually in MS Windows, "Linux" problems are, so far as I can remember, always with applications running on Linux and therefore easily and quickly fixed w...

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Re: New Linux worm crawls the web 2005-11-09
Anonymous

Just guessing here, but could it be that it lives only on Linux systems. In the article, it sais that the worm uses wget. While wget can be found on Windows also, Windows has more viable alternatives :)

And, for sure, "Linux worm" gets more readers than yet another "PHP exploit". :)...

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Re: New Linux worm crawls the web 2005-11-09
Anonymous

It is called a Linux worm because "It is a modified derivative of the Linux/Slapper and BSD/Scalper worms from which it inherits the propagation strategy." ( http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_136821.htm )...

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New Linux worm crawls the web 2005-11-09
Anonymous

Affected systems will need to be wiped and have the OS reinstalled, in most cases.

WHAT? Why? That is ludicrous.

rho...

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Suggest new title 2005-11-09
Anonymous (1 replies)

This doesn't seem to be isolated to linux. Its php but php runs on solaris, freebsd, and many other flavors. Not cool to single out Linux with this one....

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Re: Suggest new title 2005-11-10
Anonymous

Agree,origianlly it affected UNIX.

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=ELF%5FLUPPER%2EA&VSect=T...

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